South Dakota USA-1953: Man Riding Dark Brown and White Horse Through Grass

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 South Dakota

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Man Riding Dark Brown and White Horse Through Grass — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1953 showing a man riding a distinctive dark brown and white horse across a wide, golden field in South Dakota. The rider, wearing a light-colored shirt and blue jeans, is seen from behind as the horse trots through tall grass under a partly cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading, capturing a nostalgic moment of rural Americana. The scene evokes a sense of freedom and connection with nature, with the horse and rider gradually moving into the distance.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122622601

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: South Dakota, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s rural Americana edits needing 8mm footage of horseback riding across open South Dakota grassland.
Period detail: The rider's plain shirt and jeans, open field, and home-movie color support a mid-century rural setting without visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged family-film perspective, following a rider from behind as the horse moves away through tall grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rider, a dark-and-white horse, golden grass, open horizon, cloudy sky, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, muted color, and slight motion blur give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, travel transition, memory beat, or quiet cutaway for mid-century horseback life.
Historical context: The scene shows recreational or ranch-adjacent horseback riding in an open South Dakota landscape, without enough detail to identify a specific property or event.
Research note: A person is visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent.
Research search match: Research matches include 1950s South Dakota 8mm horseback riding, rural home movie horse in field, and mid-century Americana rider footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel rural scenes, then South Dakota 1953 material, then broader 1950s horseback or open-field Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 South Dakota 8mm frame of a rider from behind on a dark-and-white horse moving through pale grass. — A rider on horseback is filmed from behind at close range in an open field.

1953 South Dakota home-movie frame showing a rider on horseback at mid-distance in a wide golden field. — The horse and rider move across the grass with a broad cloudy sky behind them.

The rider continues away through South Dakota grassland, with the horse small against the open 1953 landscape. — The camera holds as the rider and horse recede into the open field.

A distant rider on a dark-and-white horse crosses the open South Dakota field in this 1953 8mm frame. — At the end of the clip, the rider appears small against the wide grassland and sky.

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